Java Parse Date parseDate(final String date, final List patterns)

Description

Tries to convert the given String to a Date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The date to convert as String.
patterns	The date patterns to convert the String to a date-object.

Return

Gives a Date if the convertion was successfull otherwise false.

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(final String date, final List<String> patterns) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  www. j ava 2s .  com
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Asterios Raptis
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Tries to convert the given String to a Date.
     *
     * @param date
     *            The date to convert as String.
     * @param patterns
     *            The date patterns to convert the String to a date-object.
     * @return Gives a Date if the convertion was successfull otherwise false.
     */
    public static Date parseDate(final String date, final List<String> patterns) {
        for (String pattern : patterns) {
            final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
            try {
                final Date result = formatter.parse(date);
                return result;
            } catch (final ParseException e) {
                // Do nothing...
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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